factionalism

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This leads to some ridiculous factionalism, which means subtler issues get ignored.

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Quick take

The splitting of a group into factions.

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noun

The splitting of a group into factions.

noun

Conflict between factions.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for factionalism.

noun

The splitting of a group into factions.

noun

Conflict between factions.

Example sentences

This leads to some ridiculous factionalism, which means subtler issues get ignored.

This is just part of an ongoing slide into the sort of factionalism that ends (eventually) in bloodshed.

That something was a last-ditch stabilising effort by setting aside factionalism and forming a unity government of anti-communist parties.

They fill with chaos, factionalism, and often bloodshed on a scale that makes a single atrocity look small in hindsight.

There seems to be a lot of internal factionalism that's showing up in the final product.

The demand for ideological purity leads to factionalism and self-destruction — evident in both political extremes.

Aligning yourself with a political party, or a political party with righteousness is ignorant factionalism.

And party organization and factionalism have been the most malign factors in American history.

My kids unfortunately will be reading this from an America where mass immigration without assimilation has led to political factionalism and dysfunction.

Being perceived as an intellectual is not strictly exclusionary, but opponents will certainly try to hold it against a candidate - much like any other characteristic that can be played up for factionalism.

I'm not saying it's impossible to solve factionalism by some constitutional / legal hack, but I'm not holding my breath.

That said, you're right that this is all pretty silly factionalism.

Quote examples

Madison warned in The Federalist that only a narrow Constitutional definition of treason could protect citizens from "new-fangled and artificial treasons" enacted to serve political factionalism.

Factionalism poisoned the Constitution even before it got started, by forcing into the document an unprincipled carve-out for slavery and a logically absurd and emotionally nauseating 3/5 "representation" for slaves.

"We cannot assume that Iran will never instigate a war for religious reasons, or that no rogue element of its government will ever share its weapons with outside religious groups." So, factionalism exists within the Iranian state?